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The basics of Texas hold’ em has play beginning with each player receiving two cards, face down. The player in the small blind gets the first card and the player in the button seat gets that last card. A standard poker deck is used.

The cards that each player gets down are what are called the hole cards. These are the only cards that the player will get that he doesn’t have to use as community cards. These cards will not be shown until the show down.

These cards will not be revealed until the show down. The first agenda is the pre flop betting round. Beginning with the player to the immediate left of the dealer and rotates in a clockwise position.

Betting continues until every player folds. They could also eliminate all of their chips. Finally, the player could call the other bets of the remaining players.

Then there is an additional round. A single card called the fourth street card or the tower card is played after the flop. Another round is then played.

After the flop ends, one community card is played. The pros call this the turn card. Some do call it the fourth street card as well.

Then there is another betting round. An additional community card is laid. This is called either the river card or the fifth street card.

Then there is another round of betting, and if necessary, the showdown. It is common, if you play this game in a casino, for the dealer to burn a card before the flop, turn, and river. This is to ensure that players who might bet can’t see the back of the next card.

If a player bets and all other players fold, then the remaining player is awarded the pot and is not required to show his hole cards. If there are two or more players still in after the final round of betting then there will be what is called the showdown. At this point each player would be working from seven cards, the two in the hole and the five community cards.

When he does this then he chooses to play the board. Players that play the board will likely spilt the pot. Pots are always split equally.

Sometimes the round ends in a split by more than one player. Then the pot is split equally among them. Any extra chips belong to the first player following the button in clockwise rotation.